Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Firewall settings

[chanmm]

I have search through the whole web and MS site but helpless. Any help here
for the message:
"Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Firewall settings"

Thanks/Regards
chanmm

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

chanmm wrote:

> I have search through the whole web and MS site but helpless. Any help here
> for the message:
> "Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Firewall settings"
>

Hi,

See if registering the following DLLs helps:

From Start/Run, run the following commands:

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\ATL.DLL

then

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\HNETCFG.DLL
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\NETSHELL.DLL
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\NETCFGX.DLL
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\NETMAN.DLL

Then do a reboot.

If that didn't work, please try this:

Please try this:

Start/Run --> cmd.exe

and then, in the command prompt that opened up, type:

netsh.exe winsock reset

and hit Enter. Follow prompts and reboot.

After resetting winsock you should re-install any applications which
are layered service providers (lsp). typical apps of this nature are
firewalls and anti-virus/anti-spyware.

If the above didn't help, see if this one works:

"Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings" error while
accessing Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
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